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6 unusual facts about Hill Air Force Base


GBU-15

The Precision Strike Program Office at Eglin AFB became the single manager for the GBU-15, with the Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah providing sustainment support.

Hill Air Force Base

It is located in far western Utah, close to the Nevada border, and it extends both north and south of Interstate Highway 80, with several miles of separation on each side of the Interstate Highway.

Hill Air Force Base is named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill (1894–1935), the Chief of the Flying Branch of the U.S. Army Air Corps Material Division of Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.

RKA Records

Born 27 April 1989 in Hill Air Force Base in Utah to a mother of European descent and an African American/Native American father.

Tiffany Coyne

As a youth, her family moved a lot because her mother "liked to build houses." The family lived near Hill Air Force Base for a while.

Webster University Utah

Its campus location is at Hill Air Force Base, comprising only one of Webster's many campuses around the world.


Clearfield, Utah

Some of the state’s and Davis County’s largest employers are located in Clearfield: Hill Air Force Base, Lifetime Products, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, Alliant Techsystems, Clearfield Job Corps, Futura Industries Corporation, Worthington Foods, Inc., and Smith Sport Optics, Inc.


see also

421st

421st Fighter Squadron (421 FS), part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah

Challenger Airlines

On January 27, 1947, Summit Challenger purchased a C-47, at Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, from the War Assets Administration which brought Challenger’s fleet to four DC-3s.

Defense Depot Ogden

The United States Army Reserve continues to operate in its facilities, and a Deployable Medical Systems (DEPMEDS) unit, responsible for the refurbishment and supply of medical units, operated until 2002, when it moved to Hill Air Force Base.